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Christopher Terry Mosher<\/strong>, OC<\/a>, LIT.D, LL.D.<\/u><\/p>\n

Aislin is the name of Terry Mosher\u2019s eldest daughter and the nom de plume<\/em> he has used throughout his more than 50 years as a cartoonist, primarily with the English-language newspaper The Montreal Gazette<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Born November 11, 1942 in Ottawa, Ontario, Mosher attended fourteen different schools in Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City. Graduating from the \u00c9cole des Beaux-arts in 1967, he famously won entrance to this fine arts college (now part of UQAM) by forging his high-school graduation certificate. It\u2019s still his favourite piece of work. Mosher worked for The Montreal Star<\/em><\/a> before moving to the Montreal Gazette<\/em> in 1972. Over the years, his work has appeared in numerous publications across Canada and internationally.<\/p>\n

To date, Mosher has written or contributed to the publication of 51 books, his latest being a biography of legendary Canadian political cartoonist Duncan Macpherson.<\/p>\n

Along with author Peter Desbarats, Terry Mosher produced an extensive history of Canadian political cartooning titled \u201cThe Hecklers\u201d, published in 1979. A film based on the book was released by the National Film Board of Canada in 1980.<\/p>\n

Mosher is regularly invited to speak on satire and the importance of cartooning as a communications tool. He has also served as a judge and speaker at international cartoon competitions and conferences, most recently in the United States, Portugal, Turkey, China, Australia and Cuba.<\/p>\n

Filmmaker John Curtin won a Gemini for best biography documentary<\/a> of 2007 for his \u201cLife and Times\u201d on Terry Mosher titled “Dangerous When Provoked<\/a><\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mosher was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in May 2003<\/a> and four years later, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from McGill University. The winner of two National Newspaper Awards and a gold National Magazine Award, Mosher was inducted into the Canadian Cartoonist\u2019s Hall of Fame in 2012 at a ceremony in Toronto during the 8th Annual Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning. Mosher is the president emeritus of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists<\/a>.<\/u>  In 2018, Terry Mosher and his good friend Serge Chapleau, the cartoonist for La Presse, both received honorary doctorates of Law from Concordia University in Montreal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWickedly funny with a king-sized heart. How does this guy always manage to get it right?\u201d\u2028 \u2013  Douglas Coupland<\/p>\n

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